trekkie820

Just wondering if this is healthy

Pressure: 110/80
Resting heartrate: 64

Poppaspoke

There's no absolute answer. What is your general level of fitness, age, and medical history? For cyclists who ride 50+ miles a week, the resting HR may be high...but if your just starting your season, it sounds pretty good. Your BP should be monitored fairly frequently and and average taken. One reading is not by itself significant.

miamijim

Its fine...

SSP

How old are you?

The 80 for your diastolic pressure is considered borderline high. How was it measured? Blood pressure can vary a lot depending on how/when it is measured. For best results, measure it consistently and average the results over time.

The RHR is also a bit high, but again it can vary quite a bit depending on how measured. It will be higher if you're sitting up than laying down, for instance. Again, consistency in measurement and averaging over time will help filter out the inherent variability.

stapfam

The resting heart rate will differ greatly between people, and age and fitness. How would you rate a 57 year old who has difficulty getting RHR below 75? Difference is I can exceed my age related maximum, although it hurts, and I can ride all day at 90% of max. That's been proven by several 12 hour XC rides. Oh by the way, Triple By-pass 5 years ago and and 10 years serious riding before that. Everyones HR is different, and BP too. Be worried if your HR suddenly changes routine.

Lone Ranger

Doesn't seem fair that you were doing 10 years of serious riding and still had to have the bypass.

Trekkie820, the 110 is good, the 80 is ok but you may want to monitor it over a period of time (say one or twice a week over six months to get a good idea of where you are at).

The 64 resting heart rate is also fine. Typical is 60-80. If you exercise a lot, it may drop into the 50s or even 40s.

stapfam

[QUOTE=Lone Ranger]Doesn't seem fair that you were doing 10 years of serious riding and still had to have the bypass.

Bypass was the cure to a problem that I never knew existed, untill the acute angina attack. Arteries were blocked over many years of wrong, food, smoking, and possibly working on the road as a rep, with hurried quick meals, and carbon monoxide. Incidentally, The only artery that was clear was the aorta. And it was my fitness from cycling that kept the heart pumping enough to force through the blockage. Don't want to lecture, but keep fitness up to save your life.

Incidentally, I was back doing 40 mile ride 8 weeks after bypass, so Don't look at bypass as serious.

DnvrFox

Oops!!

I thought you had ridden the "Triple By Pass" ride here in Colorado when I read your post until I read the next one, and realized you actually had a triple by pass!

The Triple By Pass here in Colorado is Squaw Pass, Loveland Pass and Vail Pass all in one day - each oneover 10,500 feet and about 130 miles.

stapfam

Try our Heart Foundation ride in June. 100 miles off road, 10000 ft total of climbing (And Descending) and only daylight,(16 hours) to do it in. That one proves that no heart problems exist, Done it 4 times now, Last year I was the oldest to complete the event in the 6 years it has been run, and on the First ever Tandem to complete the ride(Others had started but never completed). For some daft reason, I am doing it again this year. Keep trying to get my surgeon to participate, but he thinks I am Bonkers and won't even speak to me now.